New podcast featuring Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse discussing marriage and family. You can skip through the first 5 minutes because it’s just introductory. This is a great interview – highly recommended! There is a fair amount of Catholic stuff in the interview, so be forewarned. The interviewer just goes through some of her essays and asks her about them.

When I hear a woman who has this much of an understanding about what marriage is about and what forces are arrayed against marriage, it just makes me want to run out and get married, because she makes it sound so interesting that I want to try it out and see if everything she says is really true. She has such a good understanding of who her opponents are and what they think and what they are trying to accomplish. A very serious woman.

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I might be wrong, but it seems this is all based on a misunderstanding of what the word ‘equal’ means. ‘Equal’ – in value, worth, and dignity – does not mean ‘the same.’ Morse is right to call out the pitfalls of the modern definition of socialism.

No, you’re not wrong. I agree with your definition of equal as being equal in value, worth, dignity, etc. I think the socialists are basically committed to equal life outcomes regardless of choices. What does Marx say? “From each according to his ability to each according to his need”. Well, I’m going to say something right now. I didn’t spend all this time going to school and work to pay for everyone else’s sex changes and abortions. I’m sorry to be so mean about it, but I want to get married and have children. And those children are going to need to be homeschooled and then private schooled and then they may want to start businesses or get PhDs like Stephen Meyer. And I can’t afford to pay for everyone and have enough left over for my plans, too. I’m sure that if I ever got married, my wife would be the first to tell you why she needs to be able to stay home with the children to form their first attachments, to get them to be able to trust, and to help them to have empathy and a conscience. But that means keeping our money in the family, and keeping the government social engineers out of the family.

Isn’t Dr. J great? When I listen to her, I think “you should get married, because look what women are like”. When I listen to her talk passionately about these issues, I think “she knows more about this than you, so you have nothing to worry about – she’ll take care of everything”. It’s like marrying an accountant. Now you don’t worry about taxes. Or marrying a lawyer. Now you have nothing to fear from the law. Her knowledge of these issues gives me a sense of trust and security about marriage. If women approached marriage like this, men would find them irresistible. She really knows how to handle a husband’s needs and concerns, and she knows about children’s needs and concerns, too.